Wait. Did we have dinner plans last night? Ugh. Brain fog and distractions are no joke for women over 45, thanks to our hormonal fluctuations.
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Truth: I lied about lying about my age. That's right.
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For me, fashion has become that ex who always ordered the 100-year-old whiskey and forgot his wallet. (Oh and he tried to French kiss my sister once too.) Nope.
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The best getaways are usually spontaneous and succinct. (Studies show a mini-vacation can be more restorative than weeks spent overseas. Sorry Paris!) Azure Sky, a cool new hotel in Palm Springs, is where I recently checked in to check out from my hectic day-to-day.
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Every 14 seconds, somewhere in the world, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer. If you know that woman, you're probably wondering how to help her through radiation, chemotherapy and her post-treatment recovery.
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It's hard enough to get my tween daughter Tess to wash her hands. A month ago, I stopped hounding her about cleaning her face too. "My face. My choice," she literally said to me.
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There are two types of people at a party: the ones who say "so long" to the host and the ones who slip away like secondhand smoke.
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One of the perks of getting older is getting deeper. You connect with other people more profoundly--and quickly.
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An illuminated makeup mirror may sound like your worst enemy. Hello pores!
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"I want to tell you just to live in the mess."--Joan Didion
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My ongoing quest to buy clothes without going broke--or resenting the retail industry for hiking up prices by almost 6% to make up for the pandemic--continues and brings me to: Boden for grown-ass women.
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My brother Robert died unexpectedly in 2016. At some point on his birthday every year, my grief awakens like a startled scorpion under a rock and stings me.
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I had my daughter Tess at the age of 43. When she graduates from high school, I'll be pushing 60. If she doesn't have kids before the age of 40, the whole "hey, grandma" thing ain't happening.
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Pretty Ripe receives almost a dozen letters about thinning hair and hair loss every week. It's a concern that piques desperation and brings on "buy anything, try anything" syndrome.
My 80-year-old mom Veronica moved to L.A. at the height of the pandemic. Making new friends was near impossible for this frisky woman who once threw dinner parties every week. She got lonely.
The L.L. Bean "Boat and Tote" is suddenly cooler than Gucci. Back in the day, preppy folks monogrammed their utilitarian canvas bags with their initials--or maybe the name of their Golden Retriever "Chaz" to be a little nervy.
Bad news: about 75% of women over the age of 45 have hot flashes or sudden increases in body temperature--and those pesky inner-infernos increase when we enter menopause (or 12 months after the last period.)
Call it sisterhood of the traveling fannypack. Clare Vivier, who is one of my personal icons for many reasons, opened an online consignment shop called "Le Resale."